Exploring fundamental main group chemistry with an eye to functional materials

Ragogna集团的主要重点是探索p区元素的未发现的化学景观，主要来自周期表的第15族和第16族。 主族元素在电子材料、药物和新塑料中发挥着重要作用，因此，构建新的主族元素化合物的好处有两个方面：（a）增加对结构、键合和反应性基本原理的理解;（B）这些知识可用于评估增值产品的潜在应用。 为了使上述举措成为可能，Ragogna集团培训各级学生（本科，硕士，PhD.和PDF），希望能激发新的思想，为化学科学的新方向的深思熟虑的追求。 在集团工作期间，他们将掌握行业和政府合作伙伴所需的实验室和核心能力。 最终，经过培训的HQP将代表下一代加拿大创新者。 我们的提案是一个广泛而富有想象力的提案，汇集了推动p-区化学前沿的想法，同时致力于弥合其他化学学科，如过渡金属化学以及聚合物和表面科学。 综合起来，人们可以组装一个强大的“工具箱”，用于构建新的粘合模式，前所未有的陶瓷和新的聚合物，其功能是新的或上级的。

That Ragogna Group's primary focus is to explore the undiscovered chemistry landscape of the p-block elements, primarily from groups 15 and 16 of the periodic table. Main group elements play prominent roles in electronic materials, pharmaceuticals and new plastics and therefore, the benefits for the construction of new main group element compounds are two fold: (a) an increased understanding of the fundamentals of structure, bonding and reactivity; and (b) this knowledge can be used to assess potential applications for value-added products. To make the above initiatives possible, the Ragogna Group trains students at all levels (undergraduate, MSc., PhD. and PDF) in the hope of inspiring new minds for the thoughtful pursuit of new directions in the chemical sciences. During the their time in the Group they will master laboratory and core competencies that are required by industry and government partners alike. Ultimately the trained HQP will represent the next generation of Canadian innovators. Our proposal is a broad and imaginative one, bringing together ideas that push the frontiers of p-block chemistry, while working to bridge other chemical disciplines such as transition metal chemistry as well as polymer and surface science. Taken together, one can assemble a powerful "toolbox" for the construction of new bonding modalities, unprecedented ceramics and new polymers with functionalities that are new or superior to those already in existence.